UT Sen 2022: McMullin vs. Lee

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I assume he caucused with Republicans if he wins?

Yes, he'd he an improvement over Mike Lee marginally, but not someone for Democrats to care about.

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I assume he caucused with Republicans if he wins?

Yes, he'd he an improvement over Mike Lee marginally, but not someone for Democrats to care about.

I disagree.  He may essentially be a Republican in all but name BUT he’d at least be a respectable one.  He would never advocate for overthrowing American democracy.  In the present timeline, that outweighs one’s politics.

All Democrats in the state should get behind him.  He’s literally the only chance—however small it may be—of toppling a Trump Republican in the state.

I'd be fine with not running a candidate here and letting D voters go to McMullin, but I don't think it would make much difference. If he becomes the de facto Democratic candidate, it hurts him among Republicans.

What would be neat is if McMullin were a little more popular and Utah were a little more Democratic, then maybe McAdams could snipe a 3-way race in the high 30s, but that's not happening.

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He won't join a caucus, so what's the goal? Deny Utah representation in Senate committees?

My best guess is that he'll vote for whichever majority leader is going to win anyway (not sure what happens in a 47-50-3 Senate though) in exchange for committee assignments but still claim to not technically have "joined" the caucus.

Or maybe vote for Schumer regardless but make a  big deal about how he's still not formally a member